Republican death cult now killing babies in Mississippi (pertussis)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Just wait for f'ing diptheria. Diptheria is the one that wakes me in a cold sweat at night.

[/pediatrician]

What would you even do if you diagnosed diptheria? I can’t even imagine.

Diphtheria has three primary characteristics:

1. a "bull neck" with edema and lymph node swelling obscuring the neck landmarks
2. a "pseudomembrane" composed of dead skin and friable tissue obscuring the airway
3. Heart complications and other issues that show up as the child is improving

These children used to choke to death. One of my mentors tried to intubate a child in the far north, and he just pushed the pseudomembrane down into the lungs as she bled out.

THIS is the disease that finally lead to acceptance of cricothyroidotomy, or punching a hole in the neck to establish an airway. Doctors historically were unwilling to do it, but they started to save some lives with diphtheria this way.

That bullneck? It obscures the landmarks, and you have trouble finding where to put the tube.

https://imgur.com/a/5ZEuYTj

https://imgur.com/a/wyWrBAY

https://imgur.com/a/ZeQX9WW

So what do you do? Treat the Corynebacterium bacteria with antibiotics, but it releases more diphtheria toxin as it dies, so there is a delicate balance. Get an airway established with a hold in the neck if they are even moderately ill, because it gets worse fast. Keep them alive if you can, and then deal with the subsequent mycocarditis and neuritis if they occur.

[Anonymous]

MAGA lunatics need to get out of medicine and healthcare and start listening to the people who actually study medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Just wait for f'ing diptheria. Diptheria is the one that wakes me in a cold sweat at night.

[/pediatrician]

tetanus isn't that great either

Tetanus is horrible, but there is not much you can do. It's all supportive care. That would be hard on hospitals and the infrastructure, but -- to be frank -- it doesn't require special training to watch someone die when it is inevitable, as there is no treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Just wait for f'ing diptheria. Diptheria is the one that wakes me in a cold sweat at night.

[/pediatrician]

What would you even do if you diagnosed diptheria? I can’t even imagine.

Diphtheria has three primary characteristics:

1. a "bull neck" with edema and lymph node swelling obscuring the neck landmarks
2. a "pseudomembrane" composed of dead skin and friable tissue obscuring the airway
3. Heart complications and other issues that show up as the child is improving

These children used to choke to death. One of my mentors tried to intubate a child in the far north, and he just pushed the pseudomembrane down into the lungs as she bled out.

THIS is the disease that finally lead to acceptance of cricothyroidotomy, or punching a hole in the neck to establish an airway. Doctors historically were unwilling to do it, but they started to save some lives with diphtheria this way.

That bullneck? It obscures the landmarks, and you have trouble finding where to put the tube.

https://imgur.com/a/5ZEuYTj

https://imgur.com/a/wyWrBAY

https://imgur.com/a/ZeQX9WW

So what do you do? Treat the Corynebacterium bacteria with antibiotics, but it releases more diphtheria toxin as it dies, so there is a delicate balance. Get an airway established with a hold in the neck if they are even moderately ill, because it gets worse fast. Keep them alive if you can, and then deal with the subsequent mycocarditis and neuritis if they occur.

Sorry, typos: "hole in the neck" and "myocarditis"

[Anonymous]

Dittrick Medical History Center
at Case Western Reserve

Deadly Diphtheria: the children's plague
https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/2014/04/29/deadly-diphtheria-the-childrens-plague/

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae), an acute bacterial infection spread by personal contact, was the most feared of all childhood diseases. ... One of every ten children infected died from this disease....

In the 1880s Dr. Joseph O’Dwyer, a Cleveland native, developed a method of intubating patients (inserting a tube to keep the airway open) [cricothyroidotomy] to survive the life-threatening phase of diphtheria. Although neither foolproof nor simple to use, O’Dwyer’s intubation instruments comprised a life-saving last resort. ... Diphtheria became a seldom-seen threat to children, but only so long as they had been vaccinated.

Before Dr. O’Dwyer perfected his intubation techniques, tracheotomy presented the only viable treatment for diphtheria. This procedure involved cutting open the throat without anesthetic and inserting a tube directly into the trachea. Through this tube, an attendant could maintain consistent airflow by pushing air into the lungs....

During the early 19th century tracheotomy remained a last resort due to the lack of anesthesia, high risk of infection, and low success rate of the procedure.

Diphtheria vaccination first appeared in the 1890s, but only became widely used in the 1920s. During this interval medical scientists labored to create a safe and effective vaccine. ... In 1924, Gaston Ramon developed the toxoid, a neutralized form of the toxin that would still impart permanent immunity. The toxoid-antitoxin mixtures eventually developed into the TDAP vaccine that is still in use today.

Cleveland did not escape the diphtheria outbreaks of the 19th century unscathed. In 1875, the 243-person death toll from diphtheria comprised 8.2% of all reported deaths. As was typical of the disease, children comprised most of the mortalities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 29, 2025, after identifying just 49 cases in all of 2024, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney (pictured) said on Sept. 28, 2025, that an infant has died of pertussis, the state’s first whooping cough death since 2012."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough-the-states-first-pertussis-death-in-13-years/

Pro-Life Party killing babies.

There is a vaccine but people who do not care whether their children live or die listen to fools like RFK, Jr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 29, 2025, after identifying just 49 cases in all of 2024, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney (pictured) said on Sept. 28, 2025, that an infant has died of pertussis, the state’s first whooping cough death since 2012."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough-the-states-first-pertussis-death-in-13-years/

Pro-Life Party killing babies.

There is a vaccine but people who do not care whether their children live or die listen to fools like RFK, Jr.

Tetanus, pertussis, diptheria.

But do I have this right -- MAHA prefers their children to get "natural immunity" by catching each of them in turn, instead of getting a well-tested vaccine? God help us.

No treatment for tetanus, people. Literal death sentence. By the time you know your child contracted it, it's time to buy a child-sized coffin and just wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 29, 2025, after identifying just 49 cases in all of 2024, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney (pictured) said on Sept. 28, 2025, that an infant has died of pertussis, the state’s first whooping cough death since 2012."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough-the-states-first-pertussis-death-in-13-years/

Pro-Life Party killing babies.

They vote ruby red. Elections have consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 29, 2025, after identifying just 49 cases in all of 2024, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney (pictured) said on Sept. 28, 2025, that an infant has died of pertussis, the state’s first whooping cough death since 2012."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough-the-states-first-pertussis-death-in-13-years/

Pro-Life Party killing babies.

There is a vaccine but people who do not care whether their children live or die listen to fools like RFK, Jr.

Tetanus, pertussis, diptheria.

But do I have this right -- MAHA prefers their children to get "natural immunity" by catching each of them in turn, instead of getting a well-tested vaccine? God help us.

No treatment for tetanus, people. Literal death sentence. By the time you know your child contracted it, it's time to buy a child-sized coffin and just wait.

My grandfather’s brother died of tetanus at age 10. All of his siblings lived into their nineties. His mother never got over it and lamented his death till her last day. It’s mind boggling that someone would not avail of preventative measures.

[Anonymous]

By the way, the modern diphtheria vaccine was invented in the 1920s.

Prior to that, physicians were injecting children with antibodies filtered from animals infected with diphtheria. And after that, in the early 1910s, there was an antibody-antigen complex that served as a vaccine.

Just so you know your history.

https://www.chop.edu/vaccine-education-center/science-history/vaccine-history/developments-by-year
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vaccine History: Developments by Year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Mississippi has recorded 115 pertussis cases from Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 29, 2025, after identifying just 49 cases in all of 2024, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney (pictured) said on Sept. 28, 2025, that an infant has died of pertussis, the state’s first whooping cough death since 2012."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough-the-states-first-pertussis-death-in-13-years/

Pro-Life Party killing babies.

There is a vaccine but people who do not care whether their children live or die listen to fools like RFK, Jr.

Tetanus, pertussis, diptheria.

But do I have this right -- MAHA prefers their children to get "natural immunity" by catching each of them in turn, instead of getting a well-tested vaccine? God help us.

No treatment for tetanus, people. Literal death sentence. By the time you know your child contracted it, it's time to buy a child-sized coffin and just wait.

This is disinformation. I’m not trying to minimize tetanus, but it erodes trust when the believers of science propagate provable falsehoods.

[Anonymous]

stay up to date and don't go near MAGAs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MAGA lunatics need to get out of medicine and healthcare and start listening to the people who actually study medicine.

They’re all experts because “they did their own research”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAGA lunatics need to get out of medicine and healthcare and start listening to the people who actually study medicine.

They’re all experts because “they did their own research”.

This is such a lazy canard. A central tenet of our healthcare system is that patients should be given informed consent before a treatment. That usually means a conversation with a doctor. People like you consider that unremarkable yet guffaw at the notion that a motivated layman could ever research their way to a better understanding of a medical question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Just wait for f'ing diptheria. Diptheria is the one that wakes me in a cold sweat at night.

[/pediatrician]

Smallpox is scary af. It’s been eradicated and if it somehow makes it back to the US then they need to fire Kennedy and his band of misfits.